CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-3162
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
Description
Docker Desktop Community before 2.5.0.0 on macOS mishandles certificate checking, leading to local privilege escalation.
Affected configurations
• docker docker (< 2.5.0.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/release-notes/#docker-desktop-community-2500 Vendor Advisory
- https://twitter.com/_r3ggi Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/release-notes/#docker-desktop-community-2500 Vendor Advisory
- https://twitter.com/_r3ggi Third Party Advisory